Consigliere Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I hope that Newcastle's takeover can be sorted out and Rafa given some money to spend in January. This game is not so important - just put in a decent performance and try to keep the scoreline respectable. The next three games (Brighton, Stoke and Swansea) are far more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercenaryChef Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Just now, Consigliere said: I hope that Newcastle's takeover can be sorted out and Rafa given some money to spend in January. This game is not so important - just put in a decent performance and try to keep the scoreline respectable. The next three games (Brighton, Stoke and Swansea) are far more important. yup. a draw here would be a gift from the heavens. but the next three fixtures can be 9 points. sign a #10, a striker and a keeper. we would have enough then to survive the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan La Cabra Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 4 minutes ago, MercurialCannibal said: sign a #10, a striker and a keeper. we would have enough then to survive the season. When you see that Liverpool have just signed a central defender from Southampton for £75m, you can only imagine what it would cost Newcastle to sign a PL standard #10, striker and keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Newcastle played really well in the 2nd half. Yeah, the various stats will be heavily skewed in favour of City but Newcastle created a number of good attacking situations in that 2nd half. Unfortunately they lacked the extra bit of quality to apply that final pass/cross/shot. It's another win for City though and they've now equalled Bayern's record for most consecutive wins in Europe's top 5 leagues. ETA. it's actually 18 wins in a row so one more to equal the record. Palace away and Watford at home so chances are that record will be broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercenaryChef Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 absolutely can't take anything away from Newcastle. the lads played with passion doing their best to execute rafa's plan and bring pride to the fans. better teams taking on city with that way of play could cause them trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 For the quality of players at rafas disposal only going down 1 nil and having a chance or 2 to equalise at the end was a pretty good result. Was very dissapointed to see Gayle take a dive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 £75 million for Van Dijk is crazy but when you look at it Liverpool's net transfer spend this year is about £110 million, which sounds massive, but they received about £146 million in tv and prize money from the Premier League for last season. The Premier League teams really are swimming in tv money now so they can spend huge amounts of money while still living within their means. Still, it appears Liverpool and Klopp have identified Van Dijk and Keita as the world class players they need to add to the team so having spent a lot of money and effort getting them we really need to challenge for the title next season. Speaking of piles of tv money assuming Ashley hasn't paid himself a massive dividend surely Newcastle must have a decent amount available to spend if they're willing to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Only problem with VVD is that we now have three players — with OxC and TAA — whose names basically require an acronym for efficient typing. It’s a very impersonal shorthand. We’ll need to agree some universal sobriquets, like we have for Hendo, Migs and Gini. Virg and Trent should catch on. OxC may get stuck with Ox, even though Arsenal fans ruined that with years of “the Ox”. Welcome to Liverpool, Virg. I can’t wait for Mourinho to moan about other clubs spending when he has spent more than anyone bar City and, even then, Utd’s net spend must be close to City’s over the post-Ferguson era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 14 minutes ago, Iskaral Pust said: OxC OxCham dude, OxCham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 20 minutes ago, polishgenius said: OxCham dude, OxCham. Nah, OxC sounds like shorthand for OxyContin. It’s well hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I’ve always just said Ox. 2 hours ago, ljkeane said: £75 million for Van Dijk is crazy Matip for free makes me feel better. 75m for a CB partnership isn’t too bad if they perform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 8 minutes ago, Mark Antony said: I’ve always just said Ox. Matip for free makes me feel better. 75m for a CB partnership isn’t too bad if they perform. Matip, Klavan, Gomez, TAA and Robertson were all inexpensive or free. Even Moreno’s $12m and Clyne’s $13m aren’t too bad. Only Lovren and now VVD were really expensive. On average our defense was relatively low cost. Can and Coutinho were inexpensive too in our midfield and Milner free. Henderson, Gini, Lallana and Ox are the relatively expensive ones. Keita will be in a whole new category when he arrives. In our attack, Mane, Salah and Firmino were all expensive but look very good value around $30m each. Sturridge, Ings and Solanke were all inexpensive. Origi was not good value but not all that much money. Our transfer business has improved a lot since our botched attempts to replace Suarez. After the disasters of Dalglish and Hodgson, we were perhaps 50:50 on transfers with Rodgers and seem to have moved to 75:25 under Klopp — but VVD and Keita will be the main determinants of Klopp’s transfer success. We also need an upgrade for our GK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 If Klopp can get a keeper who is capable of playing for a top 4-6 team that is trying to be a title challenger and probably a world class holding midfielder then the team will start to look very impressive. Unfortunately for Mignolet the step up to being at a top team from the mid table teams has been too much and he absolutely has to be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 7 hours ago, Iskaral Pust said: We also need an upgrade for our GK. I would love it if we got either one of Jan Oblak or Samir Handanovic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 VVD signing fee is pretty high but I guess that has something to do with Southampton deciding to not press the issue of Liverpool talking to VVD without their approval last summer. He's definitely an upgrade on every single one of defenders at Liverpool's current squad and I guess we'll know if Liverpool's defensive problems are due to players' lack of defensive qualities or is it because of the system Klopp and his staff have set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Jordan Henderson out for at least a month Quote A scan has now confirmed a grade two tear in his right hamstring which means he's unlikely to play again until February. Henderson will miss the FA Cup third round tie with Everton as well as Premier League matches against Leicester City, Burnley, Manchester City, Swansea and Huddersfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Hasn’t been great but that still suck as that’s probsbly our weakest positron depth wise. Wonder if that will force Klopp to do more business in Jan especially with Emres future up in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan La Cabra Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Carlos Carvalhal appointed as the new Swansea City boss. Sacked by Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship and hired by Swansea City in the Premier League. Only in football management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Early preparation for life in the Championship. It's being reported that Everton have agreed a deal with Besiktas for striker Cenk Tosun for £25m. Also being reported from a usually reliable Liverpool source (Melissa Reddy) that Klopp will attempt to bring in Goretzka, Milinkovic-Savic and Lemar for next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 13 minutes ago, Consigliere said: Also being reported from a usually reliable Liverpool source (Melissa Reddy) that Klopp will attempt to bring in Goretzka, Milinkovic-Savic and Lemar for next season. Milinkovic-Sakic would be so damn perfect but he’d cost more than VVD. Guy is an absolute beast for Lazio and could go wherever he wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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